"pseudogene" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pseudogene.wav [US] Forms: pseudogenes [plural]
Etymology: pseudo- + gene Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|gene}} pseudo- + gene Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudogene (plural pseudogenes)
  1. (genetics) A segment of DNA that is part of the genome of an organism, and which is similar to a gene but does not code for a gene product. Wikipedia link: pseudogene Categories (topical): Genetics Derived forms: pseudogenic, retropseudogene Related terms: junk DNA Translations (segment of DNA): կեղծ գեն (keġc gen) (Armenian), պսեւդոգեն (psewdogen) (Armenian), pseudogene [masculine] (Italian), псевдоген (psevdogen) [masculine] (Russian), pseudogén [masculine] (Spanish), seudogén [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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